Uefa delays decision on controversial overseas games plans Sport Business Uefa has delayed a decision on whether to approve the Spanish and Italian top leagues’ controversial plans to play games overseas this season. LaLiga wants to stage a fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami in December, while Serie A hopes to take AC Milan’s game with Como to Perth, Australia, in February. European football’s [...]
Fan groups urge Fifa to block overseas LaLiga and Serie A matches Sport Business Fifa has been urged to block plans for domestic leagues to play in-season matches overseas. Supporters’ groups say that “relocating domestic league matches abroad would set a dangerous precedent” amid news that both the Italian Serie A and Spanish LaLiga are working on staging matches overseas. AC Milan and Como are looking to play one [...]
Dear sport leaders, drop the slogans if you’re not going to be a force for good Sport Business As the world watched the final votes being counted in the US election, one person in particular should have been nervous about Donald Trump’s victory: Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino had previously claimed that the upcoming 2026 World Cup was “a rallying cry […] a moment when three countries and an entire continent collectively say: [...]